2020-08-24

Vertical Farm Startup iFarm Raises $4 Million for Automated Indoor Farming

A Finland-based vertical farming company iFarm announced that it has raised US$ 4 million funding led by Gagarin Capital, who previously invested in the project. Other investors include Matrix Capital, Impulse VC, IMI.VC and more. With the funding, iFarm said it will deepen its automated indoor farming technology and extend cultivation experiments. (Image: iFarm) iFarm offers vertical farming solutions for growing greens, berries and vegetables. It aims to develop its iFarm Growtune tech platform that enables operations of multiple varieties of vertical farms ...
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Stanley Electric Co., Ltd. (Head Office: 2-9-13 Nakameguro, Meguro-ku, Tokyo; President and CEO: Yasuaki Kaizumi) has significantly improved the emission efficiency of its UV-C LEDs at a wavelength of 265nm—widely recognized as the most ... READ MORE

Nichia, the world's largest LED / Laser Diode manufacturer and inventor of the high-brightness blue and white LEDs, has confirmed a reduction in product waste and an increase in sales through a pilot test conducted in a retail garden cente... READ MORE